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Friday, July 22, 2016
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by Lana // Blog Author

Carrots, Beans & Baby Veggies + Salad Recipe

While I've been waiting for everything that is behind on growth to produce some fruit, I've been eating lots of the green and yellow bush beans. They're starting to show signs of winding down, which makes me a little sad. I think it's too hot to plant them again right now on my patio. I might be able to get them to grow if I plant them on my front porch, so, who knows, maybe I'll end up with another crop this year.

I've been anxiously watching the baby melons on the Minnesota Midget plant to see if they're getting pollinated and growing. Every single one of them has been tiny and I wasn't sure they were getting any attention from the bees. Turns out they are, check out this one that I found hiding. It's definitely taking off! I expect a decent little crop of melons this year with all the baby ones growing right now.

I've also been waiting for my carrots to grow! The tops are all tall and lovely. Today, I decided to thin them out since I planted them a little bit thicker than you're supposed to. I was pleasantly surprised to find some adorable (and delicious) baby carrots!

I washed them and admired the beauty of their orange-ness. It seems I like orange-ness a lot around here. I have orange couch pillows, an orange shelf in my kitchen, and a couple of orange cats. I even tried to dye my hair copper-blond earlier this year. Some would say, orange-ness is kind of my thing. (Just kidding, no one says that.)

I took the handful of beans and carrots, chopped them up with some deli-turkey, pepperoni, cucumbers and lettuce, sprinkled them with shredded parmesan cheese and doused it all with some zesty Italian dressing.

++ What's your favorite garden salad ingredient?

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(Hi Lana!) Its like I always say, orangeness is your thing ;) So we've got some green beans going in our garden, but I've never chopped them up for a salad, we just usually cook them. I'm going to try it- do you prefer them raw?

So, I love raw veggies. If you've never eaten them raw, it's worth a try. I have been eating them like that since I was a kid. They are always super good steamed and stuff, too, though. Worth a try right? Just eat one, and see if you like it. I can pretty much make a salad out of any raw veggie combo and be happy with it.

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At a particularly trying time in my life, I took up the hobbies of gardening and blogging about finding joy. I decided to merge them into this little space. Here you'll find posts about gardening, joyful living, easy recipes, lifestyle posts and much more. Thank you for visiting!